<p>Is it awkward when you go to college and have to room with someone you have never met? How do you break the ice? When does it get to the good friend level? Haha sorry for the weird question.</p>
<p>bump ten char</p>
<p>sigh…</p>
<p>The only awkward part was the parents being there. My roommate and I were social guys so we just Bro’d out after they left and raged that night. I believe we became friends immediately and still hang out.</p>
<p>It was awkward that I moved in a week before her. We had already talked a little on facebook, but had never met face to face. The first time we met I was in a party dress, barefoot, hair all over the place and hunting for my friends purse and shoes that she had left in my closet. She’s a quiet conservative-ish country girl from another island, and I absolutely thought she was going to hate me.
Needless to say, we’re good friends now:)</p>
<p>Get your hands on a six pack and split it with him. That’s really the best way to be friends with anyone.</p>
<p>Wasn’t awkward, we didn’t really talk, still don’t, but it’s not awkward at all.</p>
<p>terrible first month, and now we’re best friends. it can happen. go figure :)</p>
<p>We just didn’t talk. An important point - don’t think you have to be best friends with your roommate. Or friends at all. A lot of people are not, my roommate and I kind of ignore each other and I am okay with that. It’s great if you hit it off well, but a lot of people don’t, the important thing is just to be able to share a space.</p>
<p>i’ll most likely be in a double next year and i worry about this as well. at cornell, we can have pets in one of the dorms, and i’m afraid that if he tries to bring like something really scary i’ll like reject his pet. then when we meet he’ll hate me lol. this is of course if the dorm accepts me, that’s the first thing to worry about.</p>
<p>A single solves all these issues… granted i don’t recommend them for first years</p>
<p>Lol your dorm doesn’t HAVE to “accept” you…if you don’t click with people in your dorm, make friends a different way. I never talked to anyone beyond the first few weeks in my old dorm. Now I don’t really talk to anyone on my floor, I just go hang out with my friends a few floors up or in the dorm connected to mine. Works well for me, particularly because I need a lot of independence and space.</p>
<p>I broke my toe playing barefoot outdoor soccer after I stepped on an acorn… it still doesn’t bend all the way forward…</p>
<p>Oh, but yeah my roommate and I are good buddies and have a lot in common. I just got lucky I guess. I mean, how often do you get a Korean international roommate that has lived in Ethiopia for the last 7 years as your roommate AND he’s a cool guy.</p>
<p>you get off college confidential and fb him to talk about who’s bringing what.</p>
<p>It’s not really awkward meeting your roommate. I went random and didn’t meet mine until the day I moved in. Sometimes you won’t be friends with your roommate. I’m not with mine. And that’s totally okay. And in less than a couple of weeks, you’ll probably be completely used to living with them.</p>
<p>@RoxSox What dorm do you live in? Are you in Sellery/Witte?</p>
<p>^I lived in Witte for a semester, but now, shockingly enough, I live in Chadbourne, lol. Through my sorority I met a good friend of mine who actually lived in Chadbourne so I became friends with her friends, and since my roommate was psychotic (attempted suicide, the works) I moved out over winter break and I was happy to move here, though it’s a little strict lol.</p>
<p>Ah, I was gonna guess Chad when you said a dining hall attached and then another dorm attached as well. One of my good friends lives there and he seems to like it, though I have heard it’s more strict than some other dorms. Then again, I suppose a lot of that depends on your house fellow.</p>
<p>I second RoxSox. I don’t click at all with anyone on my floor for the most part. All of my developing friendships were formed from clubs and people from other dorms. Don’t feel as if just because you all live in the same vicinity that you have to be friends. That’s not the case. You will make friends if you don’t click with people in your floor/dorm. Remember, your dorm aren’t the only kids attending the school.</p>
<p>Wasn’t ackward at all. We were both like “Sup bro?”. We were basically really cool about it. We ignore eachother now though for FAR too many reasons to list. Basically he’s just made some jerk moves, but for a while we were cool to eachother and even now I don’t hate the guy. </p>
<p>DON’T ever feel like you have to be best friends with your roomate or the people in your dorm. Honestly my best friend that i’ve met as a freshman doesn’t live in my dorm. I don’t even know most of the people in my dorm and they don’t know me. Its not a bad thing. You’ll meet people somewhere on campus that you’ll click with and they’ll become your friends.</p>